K E Y T O T H E E X
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Suspense KEY
Stories of
TO THE EXERCISES
AND EXIT TEST
A note on Nathaniel Hawthorne
Page 7 – exercise 1
1. A. 2. B – He was very interested
in his Puritan ancestors. 3. A. 4. A.
5. B – He had three children. 6. A.
7. B – England. 8. B – Italy.
9. B – He left several unfinished
works. 10. A.
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a. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born:
1804
b. Published a collection of short
stories, Twice-Told Tales: 1837
c. Hawthorne married Sophia
Peabody: 1842
d. Published Mosses from an Old
Manse: 1846
e. Worked at the Salem
Customhouse; began writing The
Scarlet Letter: 1846-9
f. Published The Scarlet Letter: 1850
g. The House Of The Seven Gables
was published: 1851
h. Appointed U.S. Consul in Liverpool
and Manchester: 1853
i. Nathaniel Hawthorne died: 1864
E R C I S E S
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
Part One
Page 10 – exercise 1
1. B – Pink ribbons. 2. B – She
wanted him to stay at home. 3. B –
He told her to go to bed. 4. A. 5. A.
6. B – He was very frightened. 7. A.
8. B – He was late. 9. A. 10. A.
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1. d 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. a 6. a 7. b
8. a 9. c
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1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A
8. C 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. B
Page 21 – exercise 3
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B
Part Two
Page 22 – exercise 1
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A
8. C 9. A 10. B
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1. A. 2. A. 3. B – There were good
people there too. 4. A. 5. B – He
thought he saw his mother. 6. A.
7. B – He avoided him. 8. A 9. B –
He was sad and troubled. 10. B – No
kind words were written for him.
Page 32 – exercise 2
a. Faith was left alone for the night.
b. Goodman Brown was frightened
by the voices in the forest.
c. The converts were brought in
after midnight.
d. Hymns were sung at the meeting
by all the participants.
e. Young Goodman Brown was
respected by the people of Salem.
f. No hopeful words were written on
Goodman Brown’s tombstone.
g. “Young Goodman Brown” was
written in 1835.
h. Hawthorne is considered one of
the greatest American writers.
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Student’s activity.
New England and witchcraft
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1. a 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. c 8. a
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1. b 2. f 3. c 4. e 5. a 6. d
Page 40 – exercise 2
Student’s activity.
THE BIRTHMARK
Part One
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1. during 2. of 3. who 4. passion
5. after 6. on 7. another 8. charm
9. almost 10. started 11. strange
12. shape 13. past 14. fairy
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1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. B
8. A 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. A
Page 51 – exercise 2
a. After working all night on his
experiment, Aylmer was exhausted.
b. Hawthorne lived in Salem before
moving to Concord.
c. Let’s have dinner before going to
a movie.
d. After doing my homework, I went
to sleep.
e. After working every day for 6
months, Bill took a vacation.
f. Before calling my friends, I’m
going to practice the piano.
g. Before giving the magic potion to
Georgina, Aylmer gave it to a plant.
Page 52 – exercise 3
1. eye – all the others are verbs of
perception.
2. angry – all the others are adverbs.
3. passion – all the others are
adjectives.
4. happiness – all the others are
negative.
5. deformity – all the others are
adjectives.
6. heart – all the others are outside
the body.
7. knife – all the others are
associated with magic.
8. worried – all the others are
infinitive verb forms.
9. frightened – all the others are
adverbs
nouns: eye, passion, happiness,
imperfection, immortality, failure,
deformity, cheek, skin, heart, crystal
ball, potion, charm, knife
adjectives: angry, terrible, incredible,
perfect, beautiful, young, worried,
frightened
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verbs: stare, look, see, faint, shudder, Page 60 – exercise 2 The magic of alchemy d. China and Egypt.
hide Student’s activity. e. The sun, the moon and the planets
Page 66 – exercise 1
adverbs: clearly, slowly, immediately, represented and controlled
Page 61 – exercise 3 a. An ancient art that was half certain metals.
coldly, seriously, happily
Student’s activity. magic, half science. f. Gunpowder.
Page 52 – exercise 4 b. Because people confused science g. By the developments of chemistry
a. Aylmer and Georgiana. Page 61 – exercise 4 with magic. and science.
b. Aylmer is wearing a suit, a white a. furnace: a container with a very c. To turn common metals onto gold; h. Antoine Lavoisier.
shirt with a high collar and a black hot fire inside, used to melt metal, to discover the secret of life.
necktie. Georgiana is wearing a for example
pink dress with a white collar. b. laboratory: a building or room that Page 66 – exercise 2
c. The woman looks worried. She contains special scientific
knows that her husband is equipment Name Known for… When? Other information
watching her, and perhaps he is c. passion: a feeling of great love or Roger Gunpowder 1200s Changed the way people
criticizing her birthmark. attraction for someone or Bacon made war
d. He is looking at her birthmark, and something
Paracelsus One of the first doctors 1493-1541 Traveled to the middle East
maybe thinking how he can remove d. charm: an object believed to have
to use alchemy in the and looked for an element
it. It is the sign of her imperfection. magic powers
field of medicine that could change metals
e. Student’s activity. e. wizard: a man who has magic
into gold.
powers
f. envious: jealous of Sir Isaac Discoveries in physics … 1642-1727 Followed alchemists’
Part Two
g. imperfection: a fault or something Newton contributed original experiments and made
Page 53 – exercise 1 ideas to alchemy notes on the subject
not perfect
a. A big book written by Aylmer. h. potion: a drink that contains Antoine The beginning of the 1780s Explained that when an
b. The history of Aylmer’s intense medicine or something with a Lavoisier science of modern object burned, it mixed
and ambitious life. magic power chemistry with oxygen.
c. Many of his experiments were i. eliminate: remove
failures. j. fatal: something which causes
d. About a strange sensation she felt death Page 66 – exercise 3 c. Unusual; a dark old room with
on her cheek. k. portrait: a picture of a person Student’s activity. cobwebs.
e. A furnace. l. proof: evidence that something is d. Dr Heidegger gave her the wrong
f. Pale as death, worried. true DR HEIDEGGER’S medicine and she died.
g. Because she entered Aylmer’s e. Magic. The skeleton moved in the
Page 62 – exercise 5 EXPERIMENT
laboratory. closet; the portrait of the young
h. The only danger was that the a. portrait b. fatal/furnace Part One girl moved on the wall; many
birthmark remained. c. envious d. charm e. laboratory Page 68 – exercise 1 frightening faces appeared in the
i. He told her to go to her rooms. f. passion g. eliminate 1. unusual 2. invited 3. gentlemen mirror.
j. Because he loved her so much. h. imperfection i. wizard/potion 4. misfortune 5. merchant f. Sylvia Ward.
j. proof 6. transaction 7. health 8. dishonest g. Widow Wycherly.
Page 53 – exercise 2 h. Florida; Ponce de Leon.
Page 62 – exercise 6 9. forgotten 10. seclusion 11. killed
Student’s activity. i. A friend of Dr Heidegger’s.
Student’s activity. Page 75 – exercise 1 j. Because he did not want to
Page 60 – exercise 1
a. Their age. become young again.
1. g 2. b 3. f 4. d 5. h 6. a
b. They were all in love with Widow
7. c 8. e
Wycherly.

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Page 75 – exercise 2 1. Answer the questions below.

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Person What did he/she do in the past? What is he/she Young Goodman Brown
like now? a. Did Faith go with Goodman Brown on his journey through the forest?
Mr Medbourne He was a young, rich merchant Very poor b. What was Goodman Brown afraid of in the forest?
Colonel Killigrew He threw away his best years, His mind and body c. What was unusual about the second traveler who Goodman Brown met
health and money in sinful were tormented in the forest?
pleasures d. Why didn’t Goodman Brown want to take the path through the forest?
Mr Gascoigne He was a bad man and a People forgot about e. Why did the old lady in the forest come on foot?
dishonest politician him
f. Who did Goodman Brown see around the altar in the forest?
Widow Wycherly She was very beautiful She lived in seclusion
g. Who was Martha Carrier?
and solitude
h. Did Goodman Brown remember his experience in the forest the next
Page 76 – exercise 3 i. death dead morning?
a. Student’s activity. j. color colorful i. What was Goodman Brown’s relationship like with his family after this?
b. 1. on. 2. In 3. In 4. in 5. At Page 78 – exercise 6 The Birthmark
6. In 7. of 8. on 1. … gave Dr Heidegger … 2. … would a. When did Aylmer and Georgiana live?
Page 76 – exercise 4 blossom … 3. … never to make … 4. … b. Why did Aylmer leave his laboratory?
mine … 5. … for … 6. … her youth …
G R M I S F O R T U N E c. What was imperfect about Georgiana, in Aylmer’s opinion?
7. … they drink … 8. … I would …
C G Y T E W G Q O J L D d. How did Georgiana’s birthmark affect her relationship with her husband?
S O D Y O R H D R P N V Part Two e. What was Aylmer’s dream about?
D K B R F M O L M K J N
Page 79 – exercise 1 f. What did Aminadab do when Georgiana fainted?
K V L W W T F Y E M D S
P A U I E Q O M N O N K 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. A g. How did Aylmer say that science could help Georgiana?
P L F C R B U A T N G E 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. B h. What happened when Georgiana went into her husband’s laboratory?
U A V L R D N P E R H L Page 87 – exercise 1 i. What did the magic potion look like?
I B S O L I T U D E E E 1. a 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. a 6. b j. Why did Georgiana die when her birthmark disappeared?
U W B S W I A E S F Y T 7. b 8. d 9. a 10. d
U I H E T N I J S C E O Dr Heidegger’s Experiment
K D L T A V N A N R F N Page 89 – exercise 2
a. How many friends did Dr Heidegger invite to his study?
Y O S A G A A D H I B U a. 1 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4 f. 3 g. 3
h. 1 i. 2 j. 5 k. 4 l. 1 m. 1 b. Were his friends happy with their lives?
E W R Q N S E T V M Q Y
c. Why did Widow Wycherly live in seclusion?
G V S O M E D I C I N E Page 90 – exercise 3
d. Who did Dr Heidegger talk to when he had a difficult medical problem to
Page 77 – exercise 5 a. Mr Gascoigne was thinking about
politics. b. Colonel Killigrew was solve?
Noun Adjective e. Where did Dr Heidegger want to wear the rose many years before?
a. youth youthful/young singing a song. c. Mr Gascoigne
b. dishonesty dishonest was talking about patriotism. f. What was the water of the Fountain of Youth like?
c. beauty beautiful d. Mr Melbourne was calculating g. How were the friends different after they drank the water?
d. sadness sad dollars and cents. e. Widow
h. Who didn’t dance with the Widow and why?
e. sin sinful Wycherly was looking in the mirror.
i. What broke when the friends fought?
f. health healthy Page 91 – exercises 4, 5
g. fame famous Student’s activity. 2. Write a short description of your favorite character from the book,
h. similarity similar saying why he or she interests you.

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Exercise 1
Young Goodman Brown
a. No, she didn’t. She stayed at
home.
b. He was afraid of the strange, evil
things there.
c. He carried a staff which looked
like a living serpent.
d. Because he didn’t want to leave
Faith behind.
e. Because she had no horse and her
broomstick had disappeared.
f. He saw ministers, church
members of Salem, pious ladies,
important men of government
and young girls. He also saw
Deacon Gookin.
g. She was an evil woman who
wanted to become the queen of
hell.
h. He was confused about what
happened.
i. He couldn’t be close to them after
his experience in the forest.
The Birthmark
a. They lived in the last part of the
eighteenth century.
b. He left his laboratory because he
fell in love with Georgiana.
c. She had a tiny birthmark on her
cheek.
d. It made both of them sad; Aylmer
thought it was an imperfection.
H E E X I T T E S T
e. He dreamt about the birthmark.
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In the dream he tried to remove it.
f. He burnt a special candle.
g. Science could help remove her
birthmark.
h. Aylmer became very angry with
her and they began to fight.
i. It was a bright, colorless,
transparent liquid.
j. Because her birthmark was linked
to her life.
Dr Heidegger’s Experiment
a. He invited four friends to his
study.
b. No, they were all unhappy.
c. Because there were terrible
stories about her.
d. He talked to the statue of
Hippocrates.
e. He wanted to wear it to his
wedding to Sylvia Ward.
f. It was effervescent with a
pleasant perfume.
g. They all became young and full of
life.
h. Dr Heidegger, because he was still
too old.
i. The vase full of water broke.
Exercise 2
Student’s activity.